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Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Produced by Coaxial Electron Beam Wire Feeding Additive Manufacturing

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A novel coaxial electron beam wire feeding additive manufacturing technology (CAEBWAM) was proposed in our previous work to refine the microstructure and improve the mechanical properties of titanium alloys. In the present work, different post-heat treatments were performed to understand the microstructure evolution and the resultant mechanical properties of CAEBWAMed Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The as-built sample was dominated by equiaxed prior β microstructure, with the first several deposited layers containing columnar prior β grain morphology. The as-built alloy showed a mixed microstructure composed of large α′ martensite and fine α + β lamella. As the annealing temperature was increased, α′ martensite decomposed into α + β phase, while the width of the α lamellae increased, causeing an increase in the ductility and a decrease in the strength.

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This research is supported by Frontier and Key Projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDJ-SSW-JSC031-01) and an internal funding source from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Jianan Hu, Jiahua Zhang, Hao Chen, Yi Yang, Songquan Wu & Hao Wang

  2. Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute, Shanghai, 201210, China

    Ya Wei, Enquan Liang & Xi Zhang

  3. JSC NVO Chervona Hvilya, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

    Dmytro Kovalchuk

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Aijun Huang

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Hu, J., Zhang, J., Wei, Y. et al. Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Produced by Coaxial Electron Beam Wire Feeding Additive Manufacturing. JOM 73, 2241–2249 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04712-z

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